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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
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The Diremption of Meaning

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
wiley   +1 more source

The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond WEIRD societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio‐cultural and economic predictors

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract In an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated ...
Katarzyna Hamer, Marta Penczek, Karolina Marcinkowska, Bartek Nowak, Katarzyna Branowska, David Sparkman, Laura S. Loy, Maria Baran, Ayu Okvitawanli, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Justin D. Hackett, Paul Bertin, Margarida Carmona, Rita Guerra, Anna Wlodarczyk, Grace Akello, Flavia Albarello, Mujeeba Ashraf, Maja Bednarowicz, Liang Beixiang, Nora Benningstad, Kinga Bierwiaczonek, Elirea Bornman, Janine Bosak, Ernest Darkwah, Sylvain Delouvée, Stephanie J. Eder, Violeta Enea, Augustin Espinosa, Edgardo Etchezahar, Laura J. Ferris, Alla A. Gudzovskaya, Keltouma Guerch, Joep Hofhuis, Matthew J. Hornsey, David Igbokwe, Manuel L. Ibarra, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Krzysztof Kaniasty, Gabriella J. Kengyel, Hamid Khanipour, Paul Labor, Aline Venceslau Vieira Lima, Oleksandra Loshenko, Karolina Mazurowska, Keren K. Mintz, Lucas Monzani, Satoshi Moriizumi, Andrew B. Moynihan, Mohammed Mubarique, Radó P. Nagy, Kenzo Nera, Boglárka Nyúl, James Osinde, Emrah Özsoy, Jorge Palacio, Ondrey Pešout, Anna‐Maija Pirttilä‐Backman, Vivien Pong, Erico Rentería, Dayana Restrepo, Adil Samekin, Hilah Segal‐Klein, Heyla A. Selim, Denis Sindic, Alexa Spence, Sabrina Stöckli, Kim‐Pong Tam, Joaquín Ungaretti, Beata Urbańska, Angela Wang, Illia Yahiiaiev, Yelena Yemelyanova   +72 more
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Politics and Religion in Secular Societies: The Prominence and Framing of Religion in Nordic Election Campaigns

Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the prominence and framing of religion in election campaign communication in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Although the rise of populist radical right parties and the continued presence of Christian Democratic parties (CDP) suggest that religion is being politicised, we know comparatively little about how religion is ...
Jakob Schwörer, Joakim Johansson
wiley   +1 more source

Compassionate Digital Innovation: A Pluralistic Perspective and Research Agenda

Information Systems Journal, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 364-385, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Digital innovation offers significant societal, economic and environmental benefits but is also a source of profound harms. Prior information systems (IS) research has often overlooked the ethical tensions involved, framing harms as ‘unintended consequences’ rather than symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Raffaele F. Ciriello, Lars Mathiassen, Marten Risius, Marc Cheong, Helana Scheepers, Emmanuelle Vaast   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Passion of Gibson: evaluating a recent interpretation of Christ\u27s suffering and death in light of the New Testament [PDF]

, 2005
Passion of the Christ Publisher: [S.l.] : Icon Film Distribution ...
Eberhart, Christian A.
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Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 344-353, April 2026.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
wiley   +1 more source

Entheogens in Christian Art: Wasson, Allegro and the Psychedelic Gospels [PDF]

, 2019
In light of new historical evidence regarding ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson’s correspondence with art historian Erwin Panofsky, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the presence of entheogenic mushroom images in Christian art within the ...
Brown, Jerry, Brown, Julie M.
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